Clinical Trial Results — Plain Language Summary

Clinical trial results are typically written for specialized audiences, making them difficult for non-experts to understand. This creates a barrier for patients and general readers who want to access and engage with research findings.

For this project, the goal was to translate the results of two clinical trials (NCT01241552 and NCT01513239) into a format that would be accessible to readers with varying levels of health literacy and limited technical background.

I developed a plain language summary designed to make complex clinical information clear, readable, and easy to follow.

To support accessibility, I focused on reducing jargon, simplifying sentence structure, and removing ambiguity wherever possible. I identified terms that could be unfamiliar to general audiences and provided concise, plain-language explanations to support understanding without disrupting the flow of the content.

I also structured the summary to guide readers through the information logically, ensuring that key findings and context were easy to identify and interpret.

I created this as a personal challenge to practice translating clinical research into plain language.

The result is an accessible summary that reflects my approach to simplifying complex information for non-expert audiences.